24 life lessons I learnt at 24!. What’s even life without its… | by Harsheen Kamboj | Aug, 2025

It’s been a long time since I last came here and wrote, two months to be precise.

Life took some unexpected turns that required me more than ever, so I obliged life’s demands and redirected my focus accordingly.

But in the middle of all the chaos, I recently turned 24, and although I haven’t lived long enough to offer you age-old pieces of advice,

I have nonetheless gathered life experiences that have taught me some valuable life lessons.

Here’s what they look like:

1. Never revert while being in anger
2. It’s okay to outgrow a friendship that either drains you or doesn’t put in enough effort
3. Live your life in seasons—some are meant for hustling, while others are just to rest
4. Have hobbies in life; they make adulting easy
5. Self-reflection is the only way (and the easiest one) you can break your generational traumas.
6. The moment you stop learning, you stop earning
7. Don’t let people make you feel you don’t belong
8. Let go of the victim mentality by fixing things yourself. Nobody owes you anything
9. Stop seeking external validation, it doesn’t pay your bills!
10. Stop seeking perfection; instead, just start; things eventually become perfect.
11. If you keep coming back to the past, you can never move towards the future
12. There are no shortcuts, no free lunches in life; work hard for things you want
13. Everything you truly want will be found on the way to the top, not at the top. The journey is more important than the destination
14. Have crazy faith in yourself, the world will always try to pull you down
15. Motivation is an overrated concept. Build discipline and see it beat motivation always
16. Stay away from drama and negativity; the sooner you do it, the better your life’s quality will be
17. Time is your most valuable asset. Period.
18. Don’t give up on your dreams. You may slow down for a while, but never stop working for your dreams
19. Your success depends on a lot of factors that are out of your control; instead of worrying about them, focus on things that you can control
20. Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it—your reaction matters more!
21. Learn about personal finance and taxes as soon as you can; you will thank me later!
22. Choose your circle wisely. It can either make or break your life
23. Privacy is a blessing. Not everybody needs to know your goals or your failures. As they say, work in silence and let your success make the noise.
24. You get what you asked for

Those were some of the lessons I have learnt from the pool of life challenges thrown at me. As I look back and reflect, I wonder how incomplete life would have been if not for these challenges and what I have learnt through them.

A sucker for understanding life better, I would love to know the biggest life lesson you want to share with a 24-year-old.

Comment them down, and I shall be pondering all over them!